Nemophila menziesii Hook. & Arn.

Baby blue eyes (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Boraginales > Boraginaceae > Nemophila

Characteristics

An annual hermaphrodite deciduous herb. It grows 0.8-1.15m high.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.55 - 0.75
Mature height (meter) 0.8 - 1.15
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 4-8
Soil humidity 2-7
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

Uses environmental use forage medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 7 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Nemophila menziesii unspecified picture

Distribution

Nemophila menziesii world distribution map, present in Mexico, Norway, New Zealand, Slovakia, Sweden, Taiwan, Province of China, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:432472-1
WFO ID wfo-0000379385
COL ID 468K4
BDTFX ID 35102
INPN ID 109488
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Nemophila minutiflora Nemophila menziesii Nemophila discoidalis Nemophila evermanni Nemophila modesta Viticella menziesii Nemophila menziesii f. umbrosa Nemophila brandegeei Nemophila erosa Nemophila insignis Nemophila liniflora Nemophila venosa Nemophila menziesii var. menziesii Nemophila menziesii subsp. menziesii Nemophila menziesii var. minutiflora Nemophila sepulta var. minutiflora Nemophila menziesii subsp. insignis Nemophila menziesii var. brandegeei Nemophila menziesii subsp. liniflora Nemophila menziesii var. venosa Nemophila insignis var. intermedia Nemophila insignis var. menziesii Nemophila menziesii var. minima Nemophila menziesii var. minor

Lower taxons

Nemophila menziesii var. atomaria Nemophila menziesii var. integrifolia